I want to bring 3D fights back to Polycount.
polycounter lvl 19
Pow, right in the kisser!
Back in the day - waaaaay back in the day - at Polycount we'd have impromptu "3D fights": A random topic or theme and a measly 30-60 minutes to do whatever we could within that theme. Usually the result was nothing but geometry rendered crudely. From there everyone would dump their results in to a thread and the community would say which one they liked the most.
I want to bring them back to the community and use our Facebook & Twitter to announce teh dates, times, and eventually the topic/theme. We'll use a thread in 3D P&P to check out the results.
They'll be random, unscheduled, and usually 24-48 hours notice before they'll happen so you'll have enough notice to set aside 30-60 minutes one evening to participate.
What do you think? Anyone can enter: lowpoly, highpoly, people who just want to sculpt, people who are new, grizzled, fresh, or grumpy.
There would be no winners, no prizes, and certainly the results would stay out of your portfolio. The real challenge is what you do with a limited amount of time and a theme you'd normally not get exposed to all while doing something silly & fun with fellow artists.
Thoughts?
Back in the day - waaaaay back in the day - at Polycount we'd have impromptu "3D fights": A random topic or theme and a measly 30-60 minutes to do whatever we could within that theme. Usually the result was nothing but geometry rendered crudely. From there everyone would dump their results in to a thread and the community would say which one they liked the most.
I want to bring them back to the community and use our Facebook & Twitter to announce teh dates, times, and eventually the topic/theme. We'll use a thread in 3D P&P to check out the results.
They'll be random, unscheduled, and usually 24-48 hours notice before they'll happen so you'll have enough notice to set aside 30-60 minutes one evening to participate.
What do you think? Anyone can enter: lowpoly, highpoly, people who just want to sculpt, people who are new, grizzled, fresh, or grumpy.
There would be no winners, no prizes, and certainly the results would stay out of your portfolio. The real challenge is what you do with a limited amount of time and a theme you'd normally not get exposed to all while doing something silly & fun with fellow artists.
Thoughts?
Replies
Get a group of industry friends together in Hangout (whoever is available at short notice), announce the theme, and live stream with commentary.
Interesting to see the result, hear the commentary, and see how different people work when presented with such a challenge. But absolutely for the idea of these challenges regardless!
Should totally throw up temporary g+ hangouts for the participants too.
Possibly too much work to organise but if there's the possibility of doing 2 each time for the more extreme timezones that'd be good.
Anyways, the people already have their sketchbooks.
I don't know guys... but do you really need someone saying: "let's do this" to get motivated? :S
The way I see it, is an excuse to explore other forms of workflows and experiment quickly with techniques you aren't familiar with in everyday 3d. Also it's a way for people to connect together. That's one reason I think the rock thread exploded.
And Blaizer, whats wrong with a little friendly competition and practice? Yes, I could just make myself practice, and I do, but its more fun this way > : )
I'd do it